semiconscious

See also: semi-conscious

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi

Latin sēmi-bor.

English semi-

English conscious

English semiconscious

From semi- + conscious.

Adjective

semiconscious (not comparable)

1. Neither fully conscious nor unconscious, partially aware but confused or distracted.

   After being hit on the head he was only semiconscious: he could walk, but he tended to go in circles.

Derived terms

• semiconsciously
• semiconsciousness

Translations

not fully conscious

• Bulgarian: в полусъзнание (v polusǎznanie)
• Finnish: sekava (fi)
• Italian: semicosciente
• Polish: półprzytomny (pl), półświadomy
• Welsh: lled-ymwybodol